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Invasion Points are a new type of replayable content in Patch 7.3 that let you fight the Legion on multiple different worlds.

We don't know much about Invasion Points yet, because they weren't tested on PTR, but we datamined several items, like Depleted Riftstone and Charged Riftstone that provide solid evidence of "Rifts" in World of Warcraft.

Invasion Points are a Legion portal network on Argus, where the Legion is assaulting other worlds. Players can enter them using a riftstone they recover from the wreckage of Kil'jaeden's ship, which crashed on Argus. You're actually getting little glimpses of all new planets around the cosmos. The point is to defeat Legion forces, complete an objective & fight a boss.

Based on further datamining, there are multiple types of Invasion Rifts.

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